The Magician : Winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize Phoenix Pick This is the essence of

This is the essence of what it truly means to be human

If The Girl at the Lion d’Or was a simple three-movement symphony

tells her about the Underground Railroad

tragedies that lead to unexpected joy

by devising new ways of coping with successive enemies

The Magician : Winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize Phoenix Pick This is the essence ofFrom one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side of history in the First World War, cheerleading the German army, but have a clear vision of the future in the second, anticipating the horrors of Nazism. He would have six children and keep his